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Pulmonology MedCORE Series Map

Purpose: complete the respiratory/pulmonology MedCORE system as a 12-topic series with 8 final discriminator tables, matching the density and exam style of the…

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Pulmonology MedCORE Series Map

Purpose: complete the respiratory/pulmonology MedCORE system as a 12-topic series with 8 final discriminator tables, matching the density and exam style of the stronger Cardiology, Neurology, Dermatology, ObGyn, and Pediatrics notes.

Output root:

  • Source JSON: MedCORE Systems/Respiratory/Pulmonology_Series/03 Source JSON/
  • Color DOCX: MedCORE Systems/Respiratory/Pulmonology_Series/01 Color DOCX/
  • Black DOCX: MedCORE Systems/Respiratory/Pulmonology_Series/02 Black DOCX/
  • Compiled DOCX: MedCORE Systems/Respiratory/Pulmonology_Series/09 Compiled/Pulmonology_Color_DOCX/
  • Render QA: MedCORE Production/04 Render QA/Medicine/Respiratory/{Slug}/

The original day-map respiratory files are kept separately under MedCORE Production/.../Respiratory/90 Day Map/ subfolders so they do not mix with this dedicated Pulmonology series.

Reference hierarchy:

  1. NRE recalls and PMDC/NRE QBank respiratory items.
  2. Past Papers/, Exam Intel/, and QBank/TXT/PMDC/.
  3. Official PM&DC syllabus.
  4. Existing local notes: MedCORE Systems/Respiratory/01_MedCORE_Respiratory_Progress_6of8.docx.
  5. Current external guidelines only for missing or changed clinical details.

External guideline anchors checked June 18, 2026:

  • GINA 2026 Strategy Report page: https://ginasthma.org/2026-gina-strategy-report/
  • GOLD report page: https://goldcopd.org/2025-gold-report/ and current 2026 report listing.
  • CDC TB treatment page, updated April 17, 2025: https://www.cdc.gov/tb/hcp/treatment/index.html
  • ATS/IDSA adult CAP guideline page, published October 1, 2019: https://www.idsociety.org/practice-guideline/community-acquired-pneumonia-cap-in-adults/

Topic Series

Unit Slug Topic Priority Local evidence External gap-check Status
01 Resp_01_Asthma Asthma: diagnosis, severity, acute exacerbation, step therapy T1 Existing Respiratory notes; QBank asthma exacerbation and steroid/step-up items GINA 2026 final
02 Resp_02_COPD COPD: diagnosis, phenotypes, exacerbation, oxygen/NIV, LTOT T1 Existing Respiratory notes; QBank COPD respiratory failure and oxygen support items GOLD current report color-built
03 Resp_03_Pneumonia_CAP_HAP Pneumonia: CAP/HAP, organism clues, severity, antibiotic logic T1 Existing Respiratory notes; Day 29 production; NRE CAP organism/shunt items ATS/IDSA CAP color-built
04 Resp_04_Tuberculosis TB: diagnosis, RIPE/RHZE, adverse effects, BCG, MDR flags T1 Existing Respiratory notes; NRE TB regimen, hypersensitivity, BCG, drug-toxicity items CDC/WHO TB treatment color-built
05 Resp_05_Pleural_Effusion Pleural effusion: transudate/exudate, Light criteria, thoracentesis T1 Existing Respiratory notes; PMDC pleural effusion items guideline gap-check only color-built
06 Resp_06_Pneumothorax Pneumothorax: spontaneous, traumatic, open, tension, next step T1 Multiple PMDC/NRE pneumothorax emergency items guideline gap-check only color-built
07 Resp_07_Respiratory_Failure_ABG Respiratory failure and ABG interpretation T1 Existing Respiratory notes; QBank ABG and COPD respiratory failure items guideline gap-check only color-built
08 Resp_08_Pulmonary_Embolism Pulmonary embolism: risk, Wells logic, imaging, anticoagulation T1 Multiple QBank/recall PE items guideline gap-check only color-built
09 Resp_09_Lung_Cancer_SPN Lung cancer and solitary pulmonary nodule T2 QBank lung cancer, SIADH, cord compression links guideline gap-check only color-built
10 Resp_10_Bronchiectasis_CF Bronchiectasis and cystic fibrosis pattern T2 QBank bronchiectasis vs asthma/TB/pneumonia items guideline gap-check only color-built
11 Resp_11_ILD_Occupational ILD and occupational lung disease T2 QBank ILD and occupational asthma items guideline gap-check only color-built
12 Resp_12_Pulmonary_Renal_Syndromes Pulmonary-renal syndromes: Goodpasture, GPA, SLE overlap T1 NRE Goodpasture hemoptysis + hematuria recalls guideline gap-check only color-built

Eight Final Tables

Produced as:

  • Source JSON: MedCORE Systems/Respiratory/Pulmonology_Series/03 Source JSON/Resp_13_Pulmonology_Final_Tables.json
  • Color DOCX: MedCORE Systems/Respiratory/Pulmonology_Series/01 Color DOCX/Resp_13_Pulmonology_Final_Tables.docx
  • Status: color-built

Tables included:

  1. Asthma vs COPD.
  2. Pneumonia organism clues.
  3. TB investigation, regimen, and drug-toxicity traps.
  4. Pleural effusion causes and Light criteria.
  5. Pneumothorax next-best-step table.
  6. ABG interpretation algorithm.
  7. Hemoptysis differential.
  8. Respiratory fatal-miss list.

Per-Topic Structure

Every topic must use the MedCORE structure:

  1. Classic clinical scenario.
  2. NRE reverse-engineered pattern.
  3. Recognition trigger.
  4. Terminology and synonyms.
  5. Key discriminator comparison.
  6. If-then management.
  7. Exam traps.
  8. Key numbers.
  9. Recall prompts and future alerts.
  10. Evidence tags.